Columbia Middle School

Located at 13646 W River Rd, in Columbia Station, Ohio, Columbia Middle School is a modestly sized intermediate school that instructs 343 students (grades 5 through 8), run under Columbia Local. Enrollment runs roughly 29% smaller than the state mean of about 482.

Columbia Local runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,040 students. Columbia Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Columbia Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school records 10% Asian, 4% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lorain County (around 33%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Columbia Middle School sits in the top 10% of Ohio schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 63.5%; actual is 73.9%, +10.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, Lorain County reports that median household income runs about $73,347, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Lorain County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,516 students), of which Columbia Middle School is one.

Copopa Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Columbia Middle School. On composite proficiency, Columbia Middle School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 78.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Columbia Middle School has increased 20%, going from 287 students in 2018 to 343 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 94% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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